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Central College Abroad Summer: Performing Arts & Culture in Ghana, Africa
Location: Ghana: Accra
Term: Summer
Dates: early June - early July
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Phone: 800-831-3629
Fax: 641-628-5375
Description
Students from all majors will benefit from this immersion experience into Ghana's famous performing arts history. Learn about the important events, formal traditions and historical and cultural issues that have shaped the performing arts in Ghana. Courses are structured around lectures, visits to historical sites and dance, theatre and musical performances. Discover the nationhood of Ghana and how its peoples define and articulate their shared national identity.
Students will participate in two courses, Introduction to the Living History of Ghana, and Introduction to Dance and the Performing Arts in Ghana.
Highlights
Ghana is a western African nation recently recognized by President Obama as a model of democracy and growth for the rest of the continent. Students on Central's program will make their home in Accra, the nation's capital and bustling cosmopolitan center. In addition to miles of beautiful beaches, Accra boasts a vibrant cultural life that offers both traditional and modern events. Your academic home, The University of Ghana, is the oldest and most prestigious of Ghana's public universities and has a long tradition of welcoming international students.
* On-site resident director
* 6 SH hours credit
* Accommodation in University of Ghana, Legon residence halls
* Use of facilities--full kitchen, library, lounge, PCs, laundry
* Excursions and cultural activities included to historically and culturally significant sites such as pre-colonial castles and forts, The Ghana Arts Center and archeological sites.
Degree Level
Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)
Cost in US$:
Please see our website for current prices.
Cost Includes:
Cost Include Description:
* Tuition for 6 semester hours of credit (3 art, 3 history)
* Housing in student dormitories
* On-site orientation and oversight by Ghana program director
* Personal Central College Abroad Advisor for pre-departure support
* Optional online pre-departure course
* Cultural activities
* Excursions
* International Student Identification Card (ISIC)
* Internet access
* Transcript
Credit Available
no
This Program is open to
American Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Dormitory
Participants Travel to Ghana
Independently
Application Process Involves
- Essay
- Letters of Reference
- Online Application plus Application Assessment
- Transcript
Typically The Application Process Time is
5 daysPost Services Include
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
Central College Abroad's Mission Statement
Central College Abroad fosters cross-cultural appreciation and foreign language development through high quality study abroad programs. Because study abroad is integral to an undergraduate education in an increasingly global society. Central College Abroad is committed to providing experiential and culturally intentional, tailored programs with personalized service to a wide range of students and institutions.
Year Founded
1965
